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.l. H. RAND.

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APPLICATION FILED DEC.I3. 1917.

134,7? 2. Patented Nov. 12, 1918.

& A 3 6 JAMES H. BAND, 0]? NEWTON, MASSACHUSETTS.

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Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Nov. 12, 1918.

Application filed December 13, 1917. Serial No. 206,862.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, JAMES H. RAND, a citizen of the United States, and resident of Newton, in the county of Middlesex and State of Massachusetts, have invented new and useful Improvements in Indexes, of which the following is a specification.

"This invention relates to a card ledger or card index of the so called visible type, wherein a series of cards or sheets are supported in an upright frame in overlapped relation with their margins exposed to display names or other identifying subject matter. The invention has to do chiefly with the holder for'the cards or sheets, and the relation between the holder and the frame.

. elevation, of a part of a ledger or index embodying the invention;

Fig. 2 is a face view of one of the holders with theparts assembled in operative position;

Fig. 3 is a sectional view on line 3-r3 of Fig. 2;

Fig. 4 is a face view of said holder showing one end of the hanger detached from the rail;

Fig. 5 is a perspective view of said. holder with a card or sheet mounted thereon;

Fig. 6 is a sectional view online 6-6 of Fig. 1, nd

Fig. is a perspective view illustrating a modification.

The frame of the device, which may be of usual construction, comprises the body or :back A, made with inturned flanges or lips a at its opposite edges to form inwardly facing channels for receiving the ends of the card or sheet holders. The frame is preferably made of sheet metal.

Each of the holders, which will bear ranged one above another in the frame, comprises a bar or rail B preferably made of bristol board or paper board or some similar flexible, resilient material. The ends of the holder are inserted within the channels of the frame by bending the central part thereof away from the frame, thereby shortening the distance between the ends, and

thereafter allowing the holder to springinto fiat position a ain with its ends in the guide channels. A anger C, preferably madeof metal wire or some other suitable flexible,

resilient material, extends lengthwise of the rail B and is secured to the rail in such manner that one end at least of the hanger is separable from the rail to facilitate applying and removing the card or sheet supported thereby. The other end of the hanger may be permanently attached to the rail. As herein shown one end of the hanger C is bent over and passed through an aperture or perforation b in the rail B and upset on the rear side as shown at c. The other end of the hanger C is bent over as shown at c to engage a socket, preferably consisting of a slot 1) cut in the rail B and extending inward from the end thereof. Thus the bentover end 0 permanently secures that end of the hanger to the rail B, and also permits the hanger C to swing relative to the rail B on the pivotal connection formed by the aperture b and the bent-over-end of the hanger. The other end of the hanger c is readily separable from the socket b' by -merely springing the hanger and rail apart so that the bent-over end 0 and the socket b are disengaged.

D represents a card or sheet with a fold at the top for engaging the hanger C. The card or sheet D may be readily applied to its holder or removed therefrom by disengaging the ends of the rail and hanger and sllpping the card endwise upon or off om the hanger.

It will be seen by reference to Figs. 1 and 6, that the bent-over end 0' and socket 6 form separable attaching means for securing one end of the hanger to the rail, and that whenthe device is assembled and inserted in the frame with the end 0' and socket b positioned within one of the channels formed by the flange a of the frame, said separable attaching members connecting the hanger and the bar are held and locked in engagement by the channel of the frame.

In the modification shown in Fig. 7 the rail B is similar to that shown in the other figures save that it has a slot or socket member 12 formed in each end, and the hanger C has a bent-over projection at each end similar to the bent-over end 0' shown in the other figures. With this construction the rail and hanger are separable at both ends instead of only at one end and said separable attaching means are held in engagement at both ends bv the opposed channelsof the rail at one or both ends it is 'much easier to 4 apply or remove the card or sheet than if the Such card wider than the distance between the ends of the hanger could not be inserted without crumpling the card unless one or both ends of the hanger were detachable.

I claim:

1. A holder for indexes of the class described comprising a rail and a hanger extending lengthwise of the rail, at least one end of the hanger being separable from the rail, and both rail and hanger being made of flexible resilient material whereby insertion of the holder in an index frame can be effected by bending both the hanger and the rail. p 7

2. A holder comprising a rail of flexible resilient fibrous material, such as paperboard, and a hanger of flexible resilient wire extending lengthwise of the rail, at least one end of the hanger being separable from the rail.

/ 3. A holder comprising a rail having a slot extending inward from at least one end, and a wire hanger mounted on and extending lengthwise of the rail, one end at least of the hanger being bent over to engage said s ot.

4. A holder comprising a rail having a slot extending inward from one end, and a wire hanger extending lengthwise of the rail, one end of the hanger being bent over separably to engage said slot, and the other end of the hanger being permanently secured to the rail.

5. A frame having inwardly facing channels, and a holder mounted therein comprising a rail, a'hanger, and separable attaching means by which one end at least of the hanger is detachably secured to the rail, said separable attaching means being held in engagement by one of the channels of the frame.

6. A frame having inwardly facing chan-v nels, and a holder mounted therein comprising a rail, a hanger, and separable attaching means by which one end at least of the hanger is detachably secured to the rail, said separable attaching means being positioned within one of the channels of the frame and thereby locked in engagement.

7. A frame having inwardly facing channels, and a holder mounted therein comprising a rail, a hanger, and separable attaching means by which one end at least of the hanger is detachably secured to the rail, comprising a socket formed at the end of the bar and a projection on the end of the hanger to engage the socket, said socket and projection being positioned within one of the channels of the frame and thereby locked in engagement with each other.

Signed by me at North Tonawanda, New York, this eighth day of December, 1917.

JAMES H. RAND. 

